CVE-2021-45268
A Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in Backdrop CMS 1.20, which allows Remote Attackers to gain Remote Code Execution (RCE) on the...
- Published
- Feb 3, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Aug 6, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 77.5%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
A Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in Backdrop CMS 1.20, which allows Remote Attackers to gain Remote Code Execution (RCE) on the Hosting Webserver via uploading a maliciously add-on with crafted PHP file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because the attack requires a session cookie of a high-privileged authenticated user who is entitled to install arbitrary add-ons
Sources
1Proof-of-concept exploit for CSRF to RCE in Backdrop CMS 1.20 (CVE-2021-45268) using malicious plugin upload.
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